New Heavy Duty Depressed Center Flatcar At the NMRA’s National Train Show this week, ClassOneModelWorks.com announced an HO scale depressed center heavy duty flatcar. This is the General Steel Casting

Hi all, I am looking for the PSC part number for freight car air hose brackets. I am running out of these and can’t figure out what to look for! I emptied the packets years back so have no reference.

Have four sets of injection molded gondola car sides - one long mill gon, three shorter gons - that might have come from T.C. Schmidt, not sure of prototypes, will sell for any reasonable offer, conta

Back mid-July, I posted a question about the prototype represented by the Branchline 36' reefer kit that I had in my stash. I learned that with added detail the kit could prototype-model the Cudahy 19

I have the following Westerfield Models kits which I am selling as a lot: 1252 PRR G22b gondola 3301 USRA single sheathed boxcar, GET lettering (dimensional data only) 3320 MEC USRA single sheathed bo

Hi there, As I build my fleet, I have been using 2-56 screws directly into the bolster to mount trucks. Recently, on a RCW GN car I’m completing, I noticed that the pivot hole in the truck bolster is

Anyone have information on this style of end shown on this BR&P boxcar? Thanks! Bob Weston

Up until a year, or so, ago I had a saved search for Ebay brass, simply "brass model railroad trains". Now, items being imported brass is only about 20% of this search's offerings. Everything from Bac

Am I the only one that thinks Kadee self-centering trucks are a lame solution looking for a problem? Is forcing straight truck alignment while placing a car on the tracks a big enough problem to promp

Here are a couple of photos of this car, built up and on my layout. Everyone can decide for themselves if the dome an acceptable size. The car is a nice variation from most of the rest of my tank car

Several excellent weathering articles have suggested similar methods for achieving the "crusty" appearance that form on the face of the wheel. This involves painting the face a weathered black and fol

I also was just communicating with Hubert. Before Collinsville I asked him for a re-supply of the Soo decals he made for one of my gondola kits, but didn’t hear back. At the show he brought them by my

I just learned Hubert Mask, owner of Mark Island decals, passed away this afternoon. I know many of this list bought decals from him and I was fortunate to hang out with him at the Collinsville RPM an

All, I was in The Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena yesterday and found some Sunshine kits on the shelf. Thought you all might like to see what is available. See photo attached. I do not benefit from

Hi all, I am building an F&C kit 6560 SP A50-6. No information about the prototype in the kit. I looked to see if I could find these cars in my 7/50 ORER. It was not obvious if they are there. So my q

I recently built a Sunshine #62.5 UTLX X-3, 6.5K tank car. I was wondering if these smaller cars were used for any special/unique commodities or whether they were used in general service as most of th

Has anyone used these truss rods in 3D? https://www.shapeways.com/shops/macomb-model-works Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

The new RCW 8k X-3 kit seems to have the same description as the 6.5k X-3 kit; one of the issues with the Sunshine 6.5k tank was the the dome was too small. Was the Sunshine 8k dome too small as well?

Folks, The recent photos of pulpwood unloading has spurred a question. In the 1950s, were there any other uses for pulpwood and wood chips aside from paper manufacturing? I have some freight car proje

With the newly released RCW kit #1.07, some related photos at Charles Lenning plant. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rr171z13c/viewer/8w32r666s https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rr171z